Software Engineer, Security
Slash Financial29 days ago
Base Salary
$250k - $350k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own Slash’s security program end-to-end by identifying gaps, prioritizing issues, and driving changes independently.
- Manage and harden Cloudflare, AWS WAF, VPC networking, and the overall infrastructure security posture.
- Ship application-security features such as passkey authentication and SMS rate limiting.
- Manage recurring penetration tests and the bug bounty program, and coordinate remediation across engineering.
- Assist with PCI and SOC 2 compliance efforts.
- Establish security patterns, tooling, and guardrails that enable engineers to move quickly and safely.
- Own corporate IT security, including company equipment and endpoint security.
- Work with customers, internal stakeholders, and vendors to answer questions about Slash’s security practices.
Requirements
- Security generalist knowledge across infrastructure, application code, and the broader technology stack.
- Ability to understand and work on Kubernetes/EKS, CockroachDB, Kafka, Terraform/Pulumi, and AWS while focusing day-to-day on security.
- Proficiency in TypeScript or another object-oriented language.
- Ability to independently identify security gaps and drive high-impact changes.
- Strong organization and coordination skills for penetration tests, audits, and competing security priorities.
- Potential background as a current or recent security founder, or 2–5 years of experience with rapid promotion to senior or staff level at companies with high security standards.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and benefits plan
- Unlimited PTO
- High autonomy and ownership culture
- Opportunity for high growth
- Work from the downtown San Francisco office; Slash has a strong in-person culture
Tech Stack
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About Slash Financial
Slash Financial builds a business banking platform for high-spend companies, combining virtual cards, deposit accounts, bill pay, and accounting automation, with features like stablecoin support. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held, YC-backed company powers over $10B in annual transactions for thousands of U.S. businesses.